What philosophical lessons can we draw from the action movie Road House? In this episode, Megan and Frank do philosophy alongside Patrick Swayze's legendary character Dalton, examining the nature of pain, the limits of pacifism, and whether one can find the meaning of life while being a bouncer.

Footnotes: 1) Road House is NOT a family friendly movie. 2) Prior viewing of Road House is not required for listening. Clips of some of the scenes we discuss can be found here:

Road House (1/11) Movie CLIP - Three Simple Rules (1989) HD - YouTube

Road House (2/11) Movie CLIP - Pain Don't Hurt (1989) HD - YouTube

JcPenny's Came Here Because of Me.wmv - YouTube

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Hosts' Websites:

Megan J Fritts (google.com)

Frank J. Cabrera - Research (google.com)

Email: philosophyonthefringes@gmail.com

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Bibliography

The Internet Classics Archive | The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (mit.edu) (Ch. 4)

The Internet Classics Archive | The Enchiridion by Epictetus (mit.edu)

Is the Sage Free from Pain? (wku.edu) by Jan Edward Garrett

Jeremy Bentham: An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (utilitarianism.com) (Ch. 5)

Pacifism | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (utm.edu)

Nietzsche’s Moral and Political Philosophy (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Opioids and the Brain - How do changes in the brain begin? - PursueCare

Frontiers | Cognition and Pain: A Review (frontiersin.org)

Congenital Insensitivity to Pain Overview - GeneReviews® - NCBI Bookshelf (nih.gov)

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Cover Artwork by Logan Fritts

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Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/neon-signs

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